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package javax.faces.event;


import javax.faces.component.UIComponent;


/**
 * <p><span class="changed_modified_2_0 changed_modified_2_2">A</span> listener interface for 
 * receiving {@link ActionEvent}s.  <span class="changed_added_2_0">An
 * implementation
 * of this interface must be thread-safe.</span>  A class that
 * is interested in receiving such events implements this interface, and then
 * registers itself with the source {@link UIComponent} of interest, by
 * calling <code>addActionListener()</code>.</p>
 */

public interface ActionListener extends FacesListener  {
    
    /**
     * <p class="changed_added_2_2">The presence of this component attribute
     * on an {@link javax.faces.component.ActionSource} component will cause
     * the default {@code ActionListener} to interpret the value of the 
     * attribute as the <em>toFlowDocumentId</em> value to pass to
     * {@link javax.faces.application.NavigationHandler#handleNavigation(javax.faces.context.FacesContext, java.lang.String, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)}.</p>
     * 
     */
    public static final String TO_FLOW_DOCUMENT_ID_ATTR_NAME = "to-flow-document-id";

    /**
     * <p>Invoked when the action described by the specified
     * {@link ActionEvent} occurs.</p>
     *
     * @param event The {@link ActionEvent} that has occurred
     *
     * @throws AbortProcessingException Signal the JavaServer Faces
     *  implementation that no further processing on the current event
     *  should be performed
     */
    public void processAction(ActionEvent event)
        throws AbortProcessingException;


}
